Barnett signs with the Japanese Dream FC promotion
Posted on March 2, 2010, 03:07 PM by NinjaJosh Barnett holds an MMA record of 24 wins and 5 losses, he has notable wins over Pedro Rizzo, Gilbert Yvel, Antonio Nogueira, Randy Couture and many others, has recently signed with the Japanese promotion, Dream and will likely to make his Dream debut in March 22.
Barnett has not competed in MMA ever since his bout against Fedor Emelinanenko got cancelled because Barnett tested positive for banned subsitances and has had several delays in his hearings with with the California State Athletic Commission to deal with the positive test reults, and license deinal in the state.
Barnett will hope to bring his career back in line, and signing with Dream is certainly the right step in reviving his career. No official opponenet has been announced but, Dream is likely to announce Barnett's opponent later this week.
Source: MMAWeekly.com
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Mr. Steroids
Barnett's got some serious skills, he's only lost two 3 fighters, cro cop, nog and rizzo, i'm happy hes back, hes a dangerous hw
anyone who supports this cheater should stop watching the sport because we already are seen as barbaric fighters and now cheating barbarics!?
the only reason why he has "some serious skills" is because he was on performance ENHANCING drugs idiot
lol calm down there, its just my opinion, you dont have to get so defense
how the hell can he still be fighting??
i agree this type of sh1t is bad for the sport. we wanna go mainstream so fighters can get bigger pay checks for all their hard work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
yeah him and overroid are prob sharing tips on how to avoid getting caught, and the best kinds of "horse meat"
this is bad for MMA!! barnett is a great fighter but only with steriods?!?!
dont understand why they give him a chance so early??? i want to see good and fair sport but the drug testing in asia is joke!!! hope they are able to update the tests in the future!!!
It's a shame that good fighters like Barnett and Overeem choose the route of steroids to improve their records instead of hard work and discipline in all area's of MMA. Your legacy means everything, especially in an individually competitive sport such as MMA. Poor bastards!
I'll agree if your right, but last time I checked Over(eem) isn't guilty of anything.....yet buddy
When you don't even fight in America for 3 years, you don't have to be caught....."buddy"!
As i said, i'll agree with you if your right, but we'll have to see
Hopefully Fedor is getting a chance to beat his roid ass.
This idiot just missed his hearing for being caught a SECOND time using steroids. The dumbass was in japan professional wrestling and i quote "didn't know his presence was required." Did i mention it was delayed and appealed 4 times before that? and he was in talks with strikeforce... Americans only avoid fighting in america for two reasons. fame(less effort more payout.) or to hide.
I hope he hasn't gotten rusty and is stopping the roids/drugs.
The thing I never got wit Barnett is that he never had the body of someone on steroids, he always has and still does look normal.
Dont get it ..
How can somebody still fight this guy ?
And how can somebody still sign this clown ?
Well, we officially have a new dream heavyweight champion.
like he's the only one on roids in Dream... so it's kinda fair. I'd like to see him fight Overeem.
Besides what top-notch HWs have Dream got anyway, James Thompson? Gimme a break....
Barnett isn't top 10 HW anymore and i don't think that the sport needs him to be back up there. he needs to stick to training new up and comers, he is a outstanding grappler. american MMA fighters who rely heavily on wrestling would be better off using catch wrestling like barnett rather than bjj. catch wrestling is where american amateur wrestling was derived from the submisson style fits a wrestler better than bjj.